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Aug 14
Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend and the beautiful weather. I can’t believe summer is almost coming to an end and the kids will be back to school soon. The winter months always seem to drag on yet summer seems to just fly by. I mentio (read full article)
Baking & Pastry, baking and pastry, Baking Mise en Place, Cakes, Chocolate, Chocolate cake, Chocolate Dessert, chocolate glaze, Fillings, Frostings & Dessert Sauces, flourless cakes
Aug 11
What a fantastic weekend! My niece, V, was married on Saturday. The wedding was amazing and V looked absolutely stunning! I think I cried throughout the entire ceremony (thank goodness I brought a few packages of kleenex). It was a crazy busy (read full article)
Baking & Pastry, baking and pastry, Baking Mise en Place, Cakes, Chocolate, Chocolate cake, Chocolate Dessert, Chocolate Frosting, chocolate icing, cream cheese
Aug 05
I love cooking breakfast on the weekends. I love the wonderful aroma’s that linger throughout the house, bacon frying, onions sauteing, butter simmering, freshly grated cinnamon for the french toast and of course the sweet aroma of chocolate (read full article)
Baking & Pastry, Baking Mise en Place, Breakfast, brunch, Chocolate, Chocolate Dessert, eggs, Fillings, Frostings & Dessert Sauces, Miscellaneous Recipes, Recipes
Aug 02
I was entertaining over the weekend and wanted to make an extra special chocolate dessert, something simple yet luxurious. Donna Hay’s Chocolate Mud Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache would be perfect. When I was flipping through Donna’ (read full article)
Baking & Pastry, Baking Mise en Place, cake, Chocolate, Chocolate cake, Chocolate Dessert, Dessert, Fillings, Frostings & Dessert Sauces, individual dessert, Pastry Doughs & Batter
Jul 28
Happy Wednesday everyone! I am a big food photography fan and you can usually find me drooling all over the food pics at FoodGawker. It’s amazing how many talented cooks and bakers there are out there. Last week a couple of pics stood out to (read full article)
Baking & Pastry, baking and pastry, Baking Mise en Place, Cakes, Chocolate, Chocolate cake, Chocolate Dessert, Pastry Doughs & Batter, Recipes, small cakes
Jul 23
Get ready for a frozen dessert recipe that is going to knock your socks off! Donna Hay’s Double Chocolate Brownie Semifreddo is out of this world! I cheated a little this time and used store-bought brownies but next time I’m going for go (read full article)
Chocolate, Chocolate Dessert, custards, Custards, Creams & Mousses, eggs, ice cream, ice cream chocolate desserts, Pastry Doughs & Batter, Recipes, semifreddo
Jul 19
Thank goodness, the weekend is over! You won’t hear me say that very often but I really felt out of sorts this weekend with my son, Matt, off to Toronto. He made a comment just before leaving and it sat with me the entire time he was gone. (read full article)
Baking & Pastry, baking and pastry, Baking Mise en Place, Chocolate, chocolate cupcakes, Chocolate Dessert, Chocolate Frosting, chocolate icing, cupcakes, Fillings, Frostings & Dessert Sauces
Jul 18
What a quiet weekend! My son, Matthew, is away for the weekend and my daughter, Liana, has been hiding in the living room, engrossed in a 1000-piece puzzle that she can’t seem to tear herself away from. The house feels so empty and it is extr (read full article)
Baking & Pastry, baking and pastry, Baking Mise en Place, Chocolate, cookies, Dessert, Pastry Doughs & Batter, Recipes
Jul 16
Gordon Ramsay and his thoughts on Hot Chocolate Fondant – “Whenever I’m asked for my favourite recipe, this is the one. It has a divine melting texture and the liquid centre is sublime.” My thoughts on Gordon’s Favour (read full article)
baked pudding, Baking & Pastry, baking and pastry, Baking Mise en Place, Chocolate, Chocolate Dessert, creme anglaise, Custards, Creams & Mousses, eggs, Fillings, Frostings & Dessert Sauces
Jul 09
Obviously the mad confusion of yesterday has spilt on to today. Hope you enjoy the Raspberry, Blueberry, Cream Cheese and Mascarpone Pound Cakes I shared with you earlier today but I completely forgot to share my other delicious treat with you. Did (read full article)
after school treat, Baking & Pastry, baking and pastry, Baking Mise en Place, brownie hearts, brownie pops, brownie truffles, brownies, Chocolate, chocolate brownies
Jun 25
For the last few weeks I’ve found myself thinking back to my years in elementary school, not really sure why. It could be Marly’s series, Real People, Real Names. Marly’s had me thinking about my proper name, the name my parents c (read full article)
Baking & Pastry, Baking Mise en Place, Cakes, Chocolate, chocolate cupcakes, cupcakes, Dessert, Fillings, Frostings & Dessert Sauces, frosting, gourmet cupcakes
Jun 18
It’s been a very quiet week, not much happening on the home front. In fact a new friend, Marly, mentioned I was probably feeling a bit of after party sadness now that my niece V’s bridal shower has come and gone, I believe she is right (read full article)
Baking & Pastry, Baking Mise en Place, Chocolate, Custards, Creams & Mousses, Dessert, eggs, Fillings, Frostings & Dessert Sauces, individual dessert, mini dessert, mini tarts
Jun 04
Last fall, Liana and I attended Jamie Oliver’s talk in Toronto, on the Food Revolution. Jamie also engaged in a question and answer period after his talk. He had us laughing one minute and then in the next minute he had the audience analy (read full article)
Baking & Pastry, Baking Mise en Place, Chocolate, chocolate tart, Custards, Creams & Mousses, Dessert, Fillings, Frostings & Dessert Sauces, Hazelnut, individual dessert, pastry
May 27
May used to be my most favourite month of the year, full of celebrations. My birthday, my husband and I met in May, got engaged in May and we married in May and of course Mother’s day. That all changed 6 years ago, yesterday was the anniversa (read full article)
Chocolate, chocolate mousse, Custards, Creams & Mousses, Dessert, eggs, Gordon Ramsay recipes, mousse recipes, quick desserts, Recipes
May 24
This is the first time in a long time that I remember the weather being so beautiful for the long weekend. Other than Saturday, the sun has been shining and it is so warm. Last night I had the perfect view to the neighbourhood fireworks, the sky was (read full article)
almonds, Baking & Pastry, Baking Mise en Place, Chocolate, cookie batter, cookie dough, cookies, Custards, Creams & Mousses, Fillings, Frostings & Dessert Sauces, ganache